a Safe Place to share your story.
Our Journey Continues…
Our nightmare began two days after Christmas when we saw two drops of blood on my parents’ bathroom sink. After addiction took my little brother’s life, we wanted to help others - but didn’t know what that meant…
I shared our story at a treatment center and kept going back to hang-out and heal. It felt like one big exhale, releasing the built-up pain. One of the guys drew a design on a piece of fabric which read “psych ward.” He asked me to sew it on his jacket and this led to sharing your story on a hat. Read More…
Design a window into your world.
good…bad…happy…sad…
Then Healing Can Begin.
Mission
34 Stitches uses art to connect and provide a Safe Place to share your story -
in order to encourage and present hope…so healing can begin.
Designs are packed with messaging…
when words are hard to find
Teenager
This is what divorce looks like to her.
Teenager - Mental Health
Butterfly = New beginning to embrace my MH and not be ashamed. I didn’t expect to be here…
Teenager
I’m going to own a shelter for Pitbull's. Can I have another hat so I can draw a picture to never forget my brother? He committed suicide and I don’t know why…
We’re all recovering from something…
Connecting Through Art Therapy
Their designs are silent clues asking for help.
(behavior/trauma identifiers)
Helping the brokenhearted find healing and hope.
EVENTS
Youth Organizations
Schools
Community Events
If you would like to have an event at your school, youth club, or for your city/community, we’d love to collaborate with you!
Ways You Can Support Our Mission
OFFER YOUR TIME & TALENT
MONTHLY GIVING PROGRAM
ONE-TIME DONATION
Your time, talent and treasure allows 34 Stitches to advance our mission to present hope to the brokenhearted in your community, so healing can begin.
Teenager
I’m a good person.
Teenager in Treatment
This is what sobriety looks like to her.
Teenager at Camp
This will remind me not to get high. I can’t remember when I wasn’t high.
Why the name “34 Stitches”?
Well, my little brother Aaron was 34 when passed away and the word “Stitches” reminds you that you can mend a wound but there will always be a scar.